YEOVIL ARCHAEOLOGICAL & LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY CONSTITUTION

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the Yeovil Archaeological & Local History Society (Society) are to promote the preservation and protection of sites, buildings, objects, documents and images that are considered by the Society, to be of significant interest and importance to the archaeology or history of Yeovil and its hinterland, through education and information.
In furtherance of this objective the Society will:
•Organise meetings for lectures, activities and discussion.
•Investigate the archaeology and history of the area through observation, fieldwork and research.
•Undertake a programme of publications.
•Petition, intervene or campaign on significant issues.

MEMBERSHIP:
Membership of the Society shall be open to all persons wishing to further the objectives of the Society. There shall be five categories of membership:
•Individual
•Couple
•Family
•Student
•Honorary
Members shall pay such subscriptions as are agreed at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Only fully paid-up members shall be entitled to vote at the AGM. Honorary membership shall be proposed by the Management Officers (Officers) for election at the following AGM and shall be deemed to be fully paid-up members of the Society.
Members more than twelve months in arrears with their subscriptions may be removed from the Society membership by the Management Committee and all membership benefits will cease.

MANAGEMENT OFFICERS:
The affairs of the Society shall be administered by the Management Officers which shall consist of:
•Chairman
•Vice Chairman
•Secretary
•Treasurer
•Programme Co-ordinator
•Journal Editor
•Librarian
•Web Co-ordinator
In addition to the Officers, there shall be up to five Ordinary Members making up the Society Committee. Officers are elected for a three-year period and Ordinary members annually. The quorum for all Committee meetings shall be 50% of the Society Officers. Minutes of all Committee meetings will be kept. An annual report and statement of accounts shall be presented at each AGM. Twenty-one days notice of this meeting will be given to fully paid-up members.
The Committee also has the power to co-opt additional members, where deemed necessary.

FINANCE:
The funds of the Society shall be invested on the recommendation of the Treasurer and with the approval of the Committee in a manner which is deemed beneficial to the Society.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS:
Amendments to the Constitution shall be agreed at an AGM by two thirds of the paid-up members of the Society present. A resolution for the amendment of the Constitution must be received by the Secretary at least twenty-one days before the AGM in order for notice of the proposed amendments to be distributed to the fully paid-up members of the Society fourteen days prior to the meeting. All amendments to the Constitution must comply with the current Statutory requirements. The Charity Commission shall be informed of the amendments.

DISSOLUTION:
The Society shall be dissolved by a resolution passed by two thirds of the paid-up members of the Society present and voting at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the Society convened for that purpose. Twenty-one days notice of an EGM is to be given to all paid-up members. Such a resolution shall give instructions, after the settlements of all debts and liabilities, for the disposal of any fixed or liquid assets held by or in the name of the Society provided that if any assets remain such assets shall only be disbursed to other registered charitable organisations having objectives complementary to those of the Society. The Charity Commission shall be informed of the dissolution.